Welcome.
I’m Patria Alexander, and I believe your mind deserves the same reverence you give your body, your family, and your dreams.
I’m a board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner — but those words only tell part of the story.
I’ve walked the long, winding path that so many women walk: holding it all together, nurturing everyone else, quietly carrying grief, and still striving to rise.
From the the Caribbean islands, to the U.S. Army.
From pediatric wards to hospice leadership.
From raising a son to losing a brother.
Every chapter has shaped the way I practice psychiatry: with softness, precision, and sacred attention.
🌺 A Calling Rooted in Legacy
I knew I wanted to be a nurse before I knew how to spell it. I was five years old in the Caribbean, watching the women in white— graceful, powerful, deeply respected.
That childhood vision became a lifetime calling.
My career began in maternal-child health and pediatrics, where I nurtured both little ones and the strong women raising them.
I launched Conscious Caribbean Parents, a blog built on the belief that empowered parents raise empowered families.
But something deeper was calling me.
I saw how stress, trauma, and unhealed wounds were shaping our communities from the inside out.
I wanted to do more than soothe symptoms — I wanted to tend to the roots.
🌱 The Shift That Changed Everything
When my brother was diagnosed with schizophrenia, my world shifted.
There were no guidebooks, no culturally-anchored support systems. Just confusion, heartbreak, and questions.
That experience became my “why.”
It’s why I create safe spaces for deep healing.
It’s why I blend evidence-based psychiatry with ancestral wisdom.
It’s why I care so deeply—not just about what’s happening now, but about where it all began.
💫 A Different Kind of Psychiatry
What I offer isn’t cookie-cutter care.
It’s not rushed 15-minute check-ins or pill-for-every-pain treatment.
This is psychiatry as ritual.
As reclamation.
As a return to yourself.
Yes, I prescribe medication when needed — but I also honor your story, your culture, your rhythm. My approach weaves together:
Psychotherapy and psychoeducation
Nutritional psychiatry and herbal wisdom
Mindfulness, somatic practices, and creative ritual
Phototherapy and narrative medicine
Because healing isn’t just clinical—it’s artful.
🌿 Creativity as Medicine
Before I returned to psychiatry, I built a portrait studio.
Through my lens, I watched women soften. Blossom. Reclaim their beauty and voice.
That experience taught me something powerful:
When we see ourselves differently, we become ourselves differently.
Today, I use photography and storytelling in my sessions—tools that unlock emotions words alone can’t touch. Whether we're revisiting a childhood photo or creating a visual ritual for your healing journey, these moments hold meaning.
🌸 Who I Work With
I specialize in supporting high-achieving women who carry worlds inside them:
✨ Women who lead, mother, create, and give until there’s nothing left.
✨ Women who appear polished on the outside but feel like they’re unraveling inside.
✨ Women who want to feel whole, grounded, and seen—not just treated.
Whether you're a veteran, a visionary, a healer, or the matriarch your family leans on—I see you.
And I hold space for all of you: your brilliance and your burnout, your grief and your glow-up.
Together, we create rituals, rewrite stories, and restore balance—not just for you, but for the legacy you’re building.
🕊️ Beyond the Clinic
When I’m not in session, you’ll find me behind a camera, sketchbook in hand, or savoring quiet moments with my family. Creativity isn’t a side note—it’s my second language.
Every piece of art, every journal page, every cup of tea shared in silence… it all reminds me that healing isn’t loud.
It’s sacred. And often, it begins in stillness.
If you’re here, it’s not by accident.
You’re seeking more than mental health care.
You’re seeking depth.
A mirror.
A guide.
And I would be honored to walk beside you.
Welcome to a different kind of psychiatry. One that honors all that you are.
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